Bob Bromley

I wonder, could I ask the Minister to provide that. I don’t want it to be an onerous, time-consuming exercise, but if that could be readily pulled out, that would be useful.

That’s all I had. I guess I’ll be looking forward to when an appropriate time has gone by and there is enough substantial experience with this program to getting an update through committee. I appreciate the Minister’s remarks.

That’s all I have on this page. Thank you.

Just in respect to land use plans which are part of the implementation process after settlement, where are we at? I know we got pretty close with the Sahtu. Has that been finalized? If we could just get a little update on the various regions on where we’re at with the land use plans. Thank you.

Okay, so this is obviously a substantial fund. How current are we in terms of knowing what our environmental liabilities are? I imagine we’re moving steadily towards a routine sort of assessment and so on. Are we fairly current on those or are we still catching up with today’s world in that respect?

I know there are certainly lots of issues on the custody aspect of children across the Northwest Territories. There is very clear, new thinking that the emphasis needs to be in place to keep children associated with their families somehow.

In terms of a good result here, is this office helping children stay integrated in a healthy and safe way with their families, recognizing the issues that are being faced here? I think that’s the overall intent of our Child and Family Services Act review and so forth, in which Justice plays a big role.

So these are subsidies in addition to the territorial power subsidy?

I think that’s it. I’m sure most of all the unsettled land claims people would like to see these things settled so we can get on with other priorities, but this is a priority and I appreciate the work the department’s doing here, and I hope we can make progress on these files. That’s all I had.

Mr. Chairman, if you look at the third paragraph, the second last line. The Environmental Liability Fund.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I’m just interested in the progress report on the offices of the children’s lawyer and how this is working out. I believe it’s a new position. Maybe the Minister could refresh my memory on when we implemented this and how that program is working out. Thank you.